Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-27
HISTORY OF TIE WEEK.

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A peculiar tragedy is reported from
West ichfelds 10 farming township Of SUM
NIT Co, northern Ohio. Charles Reed, de-
pressed by financial losses, and as Is stated,
greatly excited from the excessive heat.
went into his barn Monday afternoon, and
hanged himself to rafter above. His wife
happening to go into the barn for some pur-
pose, discovered his dead body swinging
from rafter, and few to the house, pro-
cured knife and cut him dowp,, immedi;
recover therefrom till Tuesday morning.
when she was SO exhausted by the shock and
faint together that she died few hours
later. = ~E-:# ,--..-t /. >,4s2!f-.*ss{2'
At Philadelphia, Pa., there were
three deaths on the 10Th, from sunstroke;
at st. Louis, Mo-, 10 prostrations and three
deaths; at New York city there many pros
trations, the, elevated railroad cars were
dried to punk, and came near taking fire
spontaneously. The surface cars were
stick to the time schedule on account Of the
exhaustion of the horses. At Chicago there
were eight sunstr0ke deaths for the "a hours
ending at midnight Of the 18th, aud 40 ad-
ditional cases of prostration, a number of
which were expected to prove fatal. At
SAASA0AotA OA CI4u0y duu 6dIuTuay CQ0T6
were % prostrations and II deaths. Street
car horses fell in the streets from heat.
A dispatch. via Montgomery, Alaba-
ma, of the Goth says: The town of Besse-
mer was almost totally destroyed by fire
early this morning. Alighted candle ignit-
ed the window curtain in a boarding house.
The house being frame was soon wrapped in
names The wind caused the flames to
10 fr Cd x,S,S1
OF the handsomest structures in the city
were entirely destroyed. There were no fire
engines In town and the citizens who fought
the flames so manfully suffered many severe
Durns. Several persons are missing and it
IS supposed they perished in the flames.
Loss unknown.
Saturday the 10th was another hot
day throughout the country, Atlanta, Ga,
showing the highest temperature, 100, and
Denver, Col, the lowest, s.. Advices to the
associated press show the following extreme
temperature at the points named on the
10th. Nearly all of them report it the hot
test day OF the year and some of them the hot
test for many years. The following figures
Show thenu d9 ofdeg at the various points:
100; New Castle, Del, 100; Richmond, Va,
49,; Winchester, Va, 100; Philadelphia, %;
Wilmington, Del, 100 Staunton, Va, 100;
Lockhaven, Pa, 100; Troy, N. Y, IS. ~,
The excessive heat continued on the
18th, though the temperature throughout
the Northwest was greatly modified, and
rarely reached SO high as 80 deg. At New
midnight on the 18th, "a deg. At Philadel-
p p1Sa IS deg, and 81 deaths from the heat re-
kurr T. Raleigh, N. c., 104 deg, Lynch
cases Of nSl109e; st. Louis, Mo-, 100, with 4s
nati. Ohio. 10a1tion and deaths; Cincin-
cases Of prostratit02 1o4 deg, seventy-one
Louisville, Ky, 100 ao tMe G'yng c,a ta1a H.
The powder house of the ~,;o.oo
Washington & Vermillion Coal c.
$50 a. m. on the s1st, and 10000 pounds Of
powder exploded. The site of the powder
house is monstrous excavation. Only ont
fatality is reported, but five were sc
seriously injured that all may die; the mum
hundred. Forty-fve dwellings were almos
totally demolished, and there is not plate
! glass window left in the business portion O.
che city. The loss is SIS, QUO 70 $16o,Ooo.
At Cincinnati, ohio, Miss Josie
Holmes, who WIS the exchange clerk of the
late x1delity National Bank, and whose
visits and consultations with Mr.. E. L. Har
per, late vice-president of the bank caused
his removal to the Dayton Jail, was served
with warrant charging her with aiding
and abetting Harper in his illegal conduct
for which he is now awaiting trial. Upon
being arraigned she waived examination
and was required to give bond of $4,000
This has not been done and she is still il
custody. s-|,,
On the 10th, Mayor Francis of St.
Louis appointed the committee to carry the
invitation to President Cleveland to visi,
the city of st. Louis during the fall festiyi
ties: On this committee were the presidents
the fall festivities and many prominent e.
liens representing the Union and Confeser-
ate soldiers and business men. The coored
citizens are represented by one of thei race.
The delegation will startJuly %.
David Hoffman, was hanged at
Nebraska City. Neb., July % for train
in the United States. The cline was COM
mitted January 10, 1887. on the Missouri
Pacific, near Dunbar, ,Neb., causing. the
death Of the engineer aid injury to others.
Bell an associate OF Rotfman in the deed
was given a 10 years sentence. The object
OF wrecking the trsin was to rob the Ex-
press car.
About 100 persons were injured in
the St. Thonaas, Ont, Grand Trunk-Mich.
Central R. R. collision, on. the 18th, land 10
were killed. It is reported that the engineer
Of the Grand Trunk train had been dri1king,
but il claimed the main cause sof the disas-
tor was the failure Of theair brakes to work.
On the 21st,j Near Arden, Ontario,
Mrs. W. B. Mills, her two daughters and a
sister-in-law went into the lake to battle.
One Of tho daughters got beyond her depth
and the others went to her rescue. The re-
suit was that all except the younger
daughter were drowned. 1,: tII1 :
Mrs. John A. Logan has been i'll at
Carbondale, ILL.,, for several days, but on
the 18th, the crisis seemed to have passed
and her physician thinks she will got along
all right: She will probably be confined to
her bed for q week or two. "=A&ih 4..@F
The ex-union negro soldiers at New
Orleans arc clamOripR for admission to tho